Oh, To Be Offline and Conflict-Free: The Distributed Web and CRDTs

A New Builders podcast featuring Paul Frazee, creator of Beaker Browser

I first met Paul Frazee around the campfire at Offline Camp California, where he made himself my enemy during a heated game of deception around the campfire. Our relationship has recovered considerably since then, and I was excited to catch up with him recently when he visited Boston to speak at the Web 1.0 Conference.

Paul gave two fabulous passion talks at Offline Camp, one on CRDTs (conflict-free replicated data types) and one on Beaker, the experimental peer-to-peer browser he built for surfing the distributed web. During his recent visit, I took advantage of the opportunity to interview him on both topics, with some Offline Camp reminiscing thrown in for old times’ sake. I’m pleased to share our chat with you here, courtesy of the New Builders Podcast:

New Builders Ep. 27: Oh, To Be Offline and Conflict-Free

With permission from event organizer Amber Case, I also captured Paul’s full talk on Beaker Browser at the Web 1.0 Conference:

The Distributed Web, and the Browser I Wrote to Surf It (a Web 1.0 Conference talk by Paul Frazee, shared with permission from conference organizer Amber Case)

Thoughtful guy that he is, Paul has taken the time to write up some background information and related resources to share alongside his passion talk videos in our Medium publication:

Conflict-Free Replicated Data Types (CRDTs)

Beaker: An Experimental P2P Browser

You can learn more about the Dat protocol, which underlies Beaker Browser’s functionality, in a recent New Builders podcast episode featuring Dat Project founder Max Ogden:

All Dat and More

And if you just can’t get enough of Offline First podcasts, check out the full curated collection:

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